The First Lady Madam Gertrude Mutharika spent her day on Mothers’ Day at Kayingilira Village in the area of Tradition Authority Dambe in Neno district where she condoled families whose property was destroyed by fire. Speaking after being conducted around the affected houses to appreciate the extent of the damage, Madam Mutharika delivered a message […]
Florida Eliya, 25, of Thawalawa village, Traditional Authority (T/A) Malemia, aspires to become a nurse and believes education is solution to her family’s poverty. She returned to school after nursing her child for five years, thanks to Wolrecgender forums/women’s groups in the area. Initially, Florida got pregnant in 2009 when she was in form two […]
As Malawi educational performance is continually ranked at the foot within the Southern African region, the situation is even worse in the country’s isolated southern district of Neno. In the recent released public university selection, Neno’s public schools have performed miserably, sending only one student to the university. Poor performance of the district’ public schools […]
Neno District Hospital in partnership with Partners In Health (PIH), has engaged extra gear in their efforts to make sure that people suffering from life-threatening illness are well supported and their death is dignified, through palliative care. The Palliative Care Clinic, a subsidiary at the district’s hospital, held a palliative care awareness campaign on Friday […]
A member of staff at Neno District Hospital, Kondwani Namagonya, has by a hair’s breadth escaped a six year jail term after he was found guilty of assaulting a fellow member of staff. Instead of the jail term, Namagonya paid a K50 000 fine. According to court details, Namagonya beat up a junior staffer – […]
President Joyce Banda has disclosed about 18, 000 youths each year will see the back of idleness, unemployment or lack of skills following the launch of the National Youth Service Programme. Speaking when she launched the programme in Neno on Saturday, President Banda said, at full operation, the programme will provide training to that number […]
Malawi President Joyce Banda has snubbed calls from her critics stopping her from giving handouts to people arguing it promotes the spirit of dependency and laziness among the recipients. Speaking during official launch of National Youth Service in the southern district of Neno, on Saturday President Banda said she believes that those who are pushing her to […]
The ever-growing demand for better houses in Neno has forced some residents in the district to seek the council’s intervention to ask the Malawi Housing Corporation (MHC) to construct houses in the area. The first to sound his concern was Traditional Authority (T/A) Chekucheku whose area hosts the council’s premises who said he is very […]
People of Neno in the Southern Region district of Malawi have decided to petition President Joyce Banda to express their concern over poor road network in the district. The resolution was made on Friday after a meeting held in the district, the Catholic Commision for Justice and Peace (CCJP), facilitated for Neno Multi-Stakeholders Society with funding from […]
People in Neno have expressed concern over frequent transfers of District Commissioners (DCs) observing that in two years the district has changed DCs on four occasions. According to district statistics since the moving of Lawford Palani in 2002 from Neno to Thyolo, the district has been managed by Hamisi Twabi who just stayed in Neno […]
Schools that were closed in the southern Malawi district of Neno following the confirmation of an outbreak of chicken have opened for the term. The schools have gone on to open despite health authorities indicating that there are new cases of the pox that are being registered daily. Neno district hospital publicist Taonga Kasomekera said in an […]